Police officers arrest two men in connection with robberies

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Christopher Brian Cruz Manibusan and Anthony Luis Parteko Camacho are shown in this combined photo.(Photo: Courtesy of Department of Corrections)

Guam Police Department officers this week arrested two men in connection with robberies reported earlier this month, Sgt. Paul Tapao stated in a news release Thursday.

Christopher Brian Cruz Manibusan, 22, and Anthony Luis Parteko Camacho, 23, were arrested Wednesday in connection with an attempted robbery at the 24-hour Game Time and Mart game room, and a robbery reported at the Yona Mobil gas station, Tapao said. Both incidents happened on March 6, Tapao said.

Another man, Jeremy Dean Duenas, was arrested and charged last week in connection with the case.

Police previously said officers responded at about midnight to the Tamuning game room for an attempted robbery complaint, and about an hour later they responded to the Yona gas station.

Yona gas station robbery

Court documents state two men, one wearing a black mask and holding a hammer or garden pick, and another wearing a gray shirt covering his face, entered the gas station at about 1:30 a.m.

The man in the black mask jumped over the counter, took a manila folder containing cash, while the other man stood in front of the cashier, court documents state.

The men also were recorded on the gas station’s surveillance system, documents state. Duenas was identified in court documents as one of the men involved in the gas station robbery, but at the time he was charged, the second suspect hadn’t been apprehended, documents state.

Manibusan's and Camacho's arrests

Police on Thursday provided an update about Manibusan’s and Camacho’s arrests in connection with the game room and gas station robberies.

Manibusan and Camacho were arrested on suspicion of second-degree robbery, conspiracy, guilt established by complicity and criminal facilitation.

Both were charged on Thursday with second-degree robbery as a second-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery as a second-degree felony, according to a magistrate's complaint filed in Superior Court of Guam.

Court documents state Duenas told police that Manibusan was the getaway car driver and Camacho went inside the gas station.

Camacho told authorities that he used a silver-colored crowbar while committing the robbery, documents state.